Treatment of anemia in primary school students

The learning career of primary school students is just beginning, just like the lotus just emerging, but there are many bad phenomena in the health of primary school students. Many primary school students at this age are prone to anemia. Many symptoms after anemia will bother children, leading to poor diet. If they don’t eat well, they will lose weight quickly. This is also a point of concern for parents. So what should primary school students do with anemia?

1. Etiology and treatment:

The principles of anemia treatment focus on taking appropriate measures to eliminate the cause. Many times, the primary disease is much more serious than the anemia itself (such as gastrointestinal cancer), and its treatment is more important than anemia. When the cause of the disease is not clearly diagnosed, drugs should not be taken indiscriminately to complicate the situation and increase the difficulty of diagnosis.

2. Drug treatment:

Avoid abusing blood-enriching drugs and strictly follow the indications of various drugs. For example, vitamin B12 and folic acid are suitable for the treatment of megaloblastic anemia; iron supplements are only used for iron deficiency anemia and cannot be used for non-iron deficiency anemia because they will cause iron overload and affect the function of important organs (such as the heart, liver, pancreas, etc.); vitamin B6 is used for sideroblastic anemia; corticosteroids are used to treat autoimmune hemolytic anemia; testosterone is used for aplastic anemia, etc.

3. Blood transfusion:

The main advantage of blood transfusion is that it can quickly reduce or correct anemia. Therefore, the indications for blood transfusion must be correctly understood. If a large amount of blood transfusion is required, concentrated red blood cells can be transfused to reduce the overload on the cardiovascular system and reduce transfusion reactions.

4. Splenectomy:

The spleen is an important organ that destroys blood cells and is also related to the production of antibodies.

5. Bone marrow transplantation:

Bone marrow transplantation is a new medical technology in recent years. It is still in the research and trial stage. It is mainly used for patients in the early stages of acute aplastic anemia who have never received a blood transfusion or have received very little blood transfusion. If the transplant is successful, the patient may be cured.

6. Treatment with Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine generally classifies anemia as "blood deficiency" or "blood loss due to consumptive disease," and "consumptive disease" is a general term for a variety of chronic diseases caused by organ deficiency and weak vital energy.

It is not advisable to put too much pressure on primary school students in their studies, as this will not help the treatment of the disease at all. The treatment of children's anemia must start from these aspects. In fact, improving diet and eating more blood-enriching foods are the most important points in treating anemia. When choosing food, you must be cautious to avoid enriching blood on the one hand, but harming other parts of the child on the other hand. This is not acceptable.